Nigeria records 1,598 new COVID-19 cases, total now 108,943

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,598 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 108,943.

The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Saturday.

“On the 16th of January 2021, 1598 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

‘Till date, 108943 cases have been confirmed, 85367 cases have been discharged and 1420 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 1598 new cases are reported from 24 states- Lagos (461), FCT (206), Plateau (197), Rivers (168), Kaduna (116), Anambra (53), Ogun (49), Ebonyi (47), Edo (42), Sokoto (32), Imo (31), Katsina (31), Oyo (30), Akwa Ibom (27), Delta (16), Kano (16), Abia (15), Niger (15), Ondo (11), Bayelsa (10), Borno (9), Kebbi (8), Ekiti (7), and Jigawa (1).” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	39,723	8,164	31,290	269
FCT	14,544	6,588	7,845	111
Plateau	6,617	686	5,884	47
Kaduna	6,121	390	5,676	55
Oyo	4,679	558	4,054	67
Rivers	4,382	733	3,576	73
Edo	3,246	303	2,819	124
Ogun	2,831	330	2,464	37
Kano	2,577	334	2,173	70
Delta	2,102	313	1,737	52
Ondo	2,070	219	1,809	42
Katsina	1,723	52	1,644	27
Enugu	1,583	187	1,375	21
Kwara	1,566	199	1,335	32
Gombe	1,489	197	1,251	41
Nasarawa	1,269	931	325	13
Ebonyi	1,206	104	1,072	30
Osun	1,186	147	1,013	26
Abia	1,129	104	1,014	11
Bauchi	1,107	126	964	17
Borno	859	85	738	36
Imo	841	55	770	16
Sokoto	677	230	421	26
Benue	653	124	513	16
Akwa Ibom	615	207	399	9
Bayelsa	608	46	539	23
Niger	547	133	400	14
Adamawa	540	276	238	26
Anambra	513	159	334	20
Ekiti	466	51	408	7
Jigawa	425	31	383	11
Taraba	258	39	208	11
Kebbi	248	32	203	13
Yobe	207	20	179	8
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	162	3	154	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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